25+ Wall Trained Ceanothus Dark Star

Long and produce a fine textural character. Evergreen oval toothed dark green leaves to 1cm in long with deeply impressed veins blue purlish blue.

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Wall trained ceanothus dark star

Dark star ceanothus is an evergreen mounding shrub with a tight branching habit growing 5 8 ft. Small ovate leaves and honey scented deep purplish blue flowers. Ceanothus dark star from burncoose nurseries available online to buy information.

Intense cobalt blue flowers develop in early spring. Tiny leaves grow 1 4 in. In america ceanothus flowers were used as a detergent by swishing them about in water to create a lather.

It can be used as an informal screen or as a specimen it has even been wall trained in places the wall giving valuable warmth in the winter. Plants develop an upright form when young then become more rounded with age. They are fast growing but may be short lived.

Ceanothus dark blue is hardy down to minus 9 c. The flowers are so profuse that they literally cover the bush creating a breathtaking floral display. Incredibly showy award winner ceanothus dark star california lilac is a spreading evergreen shrub noted for its abundant clusters of fragrant dark royal blue flowers in late spring and early summer.

Ceanothus dark star is my favorite plant in the garden this week i bought my ceanothus dark star last march when i thought i d be getting rid of the sasa palmata and needed something to plant in it s stock tank. Other common names californian lilac dark star family rhamnaceae genus ceanothus can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees with simple leaves and small blue pink or white flowers in profuse axillary or terminal clusters.

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